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National League 

for 

Woman's Service 



In Michigan 



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The National League for 
Woman's Service 

In Michigan 



From March, 1917 
to April 1919 



Compiled 2)3> 

Mrs. R. C. Sherrill 



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Foreword 



"For God, For Country, For Home" was the slogan that 
the Michigan State Committee of The National League for 
Woman's Service placed in a storeroom window at 24 With- 
erell St. on March 29th, 1917. 

It marked the opening of what soon developed into a 
thriving war work center, where thousands of women volun- 
teers enlisted and were placed in many different branches of 
emergency work. 

Through the state the organization was also effected and 
various departments of war work have been successfully car- 
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The activities of The National League for Woman's Service 
since its beginning in Detroit, briefly stated, have been as 
follows: 



SOCIAL AND WELFARE DIVISION 

Mrs. E. D. Trowbridge, Chairman. 

ARMY AND NAVY CLUB 
Mrs. Henry H. Sanger, Commandante. 

The Army and Navy Club was opened for Soldiers, Sailors 
and Marines in January, 1918, on the second floor of 124 
Broadway. It soon outgrew those quarters and was moved 
into a fine old residence at 3 Madison Ave. in May. 

In this new home were provided reading, music, living, bil- 
liard and rest rooms, and later a dormitory containing 25 
beds. The club has been furnished with taste and no effort 
spared to make it homelike and attractive to the men. 

An average attendance of 2,000 a week enjoy the privi- 
leges of this club. 

Hostesses are daily on duty and render many personal ser- 
vices that mean much to an enlisted man. 

Conveniences, such as checking packages, mending, use of 
shaving materials, bath towels, etc., telephone and stationery, 
are provided without cost. Over a thousand letters a week 
are mailed from the club. 

Assistance in securing employment has been rendered by 
the hostesses in a number of cases and every effort is now 
being made to help the returned soldier readjust himself to 
civilian life. 

During the summer of 1918 a pavilion was erected for 
dancing in the front yard of the club house and about 200 
men were entertained a night. Dancing lessons were given 
when desired. Instruction in French and also English for 
Italian officers who were at the Naval Training Station for 
several months was arranged in the summer. 

*The Army and Navy Club was started under the Social and Welfare Division, 
but so efficient was its organization that it became a separate and independent 
department four months after its beginning. 



SOCIAL AND WELFARE DIVISION— Continued 

The Army and Navy Club acquired the Annex at 56 East 
Adams Ave. in October. Besides conducting a canteen, many 
dances and entertainments have been held in these new quar- 
ters, with an average attendance of 300 men each night. Girls 
from the Patriotic League and from a special list of volun- 
teers have been guests v/ho are admitted by card only. Fre- 
quent dances have also been held for officers, 

The management of the Army and Navy Club w^as recently 
transferred to a representative of the War Camp Community 
Service, the Committee of Hostesses being relieved from active 
duty, as the war emergency work they had volunteered to 
perform is gradually drawing to a close. 

The Annex, with the canteen and dances, will be discon- 
tinued May 1 St. 

An enormous amount of work has been accomplished by 
the Army and Navy Club. It has been a substitute for home 
to many thousand men. Statistics cannot express what the 
services rendered have meant to the men, for ideals have 
been created and strengthened in their hearts that demand a 
higher system of accounting than figures represent. 

ENTERTAINMENTS 

Two full years of regular and special holiday entertainments 
for men in uniform have been given at the Y. M. C. A. in 
cantonments at Fort Wayne, River Rouge Naval Training Sta- 
tion, Selfridge Field and Aircraft Production Depot. 

In co-operation with the War Camp Community Service, 
garden parties were given every Sunday afternoon during the 
summer of 1918, at the Grosse Pointe Country Club, when 
pier, grounds and club were thrown open to the men, and 
refreshments were served from a tent on the lawn. A band 
of from forty to sixty pieces furnished music, bathing suits 
were provided and the Girls' Patriotic League groups acted 
as hostesses. 

During the following autumn, winter and spring, in co-oper- 
ation with the War Camp Community Service, matinees were 
given every Sunday afternoon in the Elks' Temple theater for 
audiences of from 800 to 1,000 men. Two hundred tickets 



SOCIAL AND WELFARE DIVISION— Continued 

were given weekly to women relatives. These matinees had 
all star programs by leading vaudeville artists, by professionals 
from "The Follies" and other companies, also the donated 
services of a professional stage manager and an orchestra 
director. 

At present semi-weekly entertainments by local and visit- 
ing artists are given at the Y. M. C. A. and K. of C. huts at 
Fort Wayne and at River Rouge Training Station. 

The committee is also engaged, under the War Camp Com- 
munity Service, in providing American Red Cross entertain- 
ing for the sick and wounded men at U. S. Government Hos- 
pital No. 36, which has 1,100 beds. 

COLORED CLUB 

In June, 1918, when it was known that colored troops 
would be stationed at Fort Wayne, a club was opened for 
colored soldiers. Suitable rooms were secured at 76 East 
Adams Ave. They were comfortably furnished and equipped 
with musical instruments, games, etc. A committee of colored 
citizens was directly in charge and kept the club rooms open 
when soldiers were off duty and needed a recreational center. 

WOMEN'S CLUB OF THE SERVICE FLAG 

Mrs. Charles A. Coolidge, Commandante. 

A welfare club for w^omen having son, brother or husband 
in the Army, Navy or Marines, was opened in June, 1918. 
Headquarters were secured and a hostess was daily on duty. 
It was a social center from the first. During the day those 
who wished to do war work sewed or knitted. There were 
weekly evening entertainments which proved attractions for 
new members. Units were formed in the foreign sections of 
the city. 

Social welfare work under the direction of the Red Cross 
was carried on. 

By fall the club had over 600 members. It was gradually 
becoming an Americanization center for foreign born women 
who had men in the U. S. Service. 

As the work of the club was so closely related to the Home 
Service Section of the Red Cross, the League officially turned 
over this activity to the Detroit Chapter in October, 1918. 

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CANTEEN DIVISION 

Mrs. Charles F. Hammond, Commandante, April, 1917, to 

August, 1918. 

Mrs. Charles W. Baird, Commandante, August, 1918, to Sep- 
tember, 1918. 

Mrs. Henry H. Sanger, Commandante, Steptember, 1918, to 



As early as May, 1917, the canteen was organized for 
emergency work. 

Approximately 50,000 meals were served during its first 
six months of service. These included meals for the 1 6th 
Engineers and for the Shurly Unit at the Fair Grounds. 

The feeding of 170 men of the old 31st Michigan Regi- 
ment, three meals daily, was the first big piece of work under- 
taken. 

Thousands of lunch boxes given by the City of Detroit were 
furnished to the drafted men. 

Hundreds of women were trained for canteen work. So 
efficient were their services that the League was asked by the 
Red Cross to supply w^orkers for a Red Cross canteen at the 
Michigan Central Station. Whenever these women did Red 
Cross work the organization was to automatically become a 
Red Cross canteen. 

A canteen restaurant was opened in February, 1918, at 22 
Witherell St., where men in uniform could buy home-cooked 
food at reasonable prices. The activity was a success from 
the first and thousands of meals were served during the spring 
and summer to most appreciative men. 

In August, 1918, because of stress of work at the Mich- 
igan Central Station Canteen, the officers who had been in 
charge of all canteen work in Detroit severed connections with 
the League. 

As larger quarters were needed plans for moving the res- 
taurant were effected in October, when it was moved to the 
Army and Navy Club Annex, where a modern equipment was 
installed and surroundings were made most attractive. 

Since September, 1918, approximately 64,000 meals were 
served in the canteen restaurant. 



FOOD CONSERVATION COMMITTEE 

In January, 1918, at the request of the local Food Admin- 
istrator, a Vigilance Committee was formed to assist in the 
enforcement of food laws by reporting irregularities to the 
Food Administrator's office. 

This committee was ready to render a definite service in 
case it became necessary to ration the city. 

While the work was principally in Detroit, the State Com- 
mittee was prepared to extend its organization for this work 
to different parts of the state if the food situation should 
warrant it. 

Restaurants, tea rooms, soda fountains and grocery stores 
were visited by committee members and much valuable in- 
formation secured. 

AGRICULTURAL DIVISION 

Mrs. W. Howie Muir, Chairman. 

In May and June, 1917, the Agricultural Division was ac- 
tive in promoting interest in back yard gardening. Consider- 
able gardening literature was distributed and an information 
bureau was maintained. Registrations were taken of women 
who could supervise gardening and a number were supplied 
the Recreation Commission who had charge of children's 
gardens. 

As several other organizations in the city centered their in- 
terest in Agricultural work, it was thought best for the League 
to turn over its Agricultural activities to them, although the 
Information Bureau was retained and much assistance given 
to individuals. 

WOMEN TAKING MEN'S EMPLOYMENT 
A committee, headed by Mrs. A. O. Dunk, did pioneer work 
in the spring of 1917, in encouraging women to carry on, when- 
ever possible, the employment of the men in their families who 
had gone to war. 

The first elevator women for the Michigan Central Station 
and for several Detroit office buildings were secured in June, 
1917. 

In the summer of 1917 the League sent women workers to 
the canning factories in different parts of Michigan where labor 
was difficult to secure. 

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INDUSTRIAL DIVISION 

Mrs. Perry C. Hill, Chairman. 

This division, which was organized in September, 1917, has 
rendered important service to the Government, in being al- 
ways ready to assist in emergencies. 

A propaganda campaign to secure additional clerical work- 
ers for Civil Service positions in Washington was carried on 
with great success. This was done, through posters, issued by 
the League, which were widely distributed, and also by pub- 
lic speaking in schools, clubs, war work centers and wherever 
it was felt interest might be aroused. 

The Industrial Committee made a survey of 1 35 plants and 
turned over important information received to the U. S. Labor 
Department. Employment was secured for thirty girls in De- 
troit factories filling Government contracts before the U. S. 
Employment Director was appointed. Soon after her ap- 
pointment a number of girls were sent from Flint, Michigan, 
to Akron, Ohio, for Government factory work. This was 
done through the League's Industrial Bureau in Flint. 

For months the League maintained an office for the Em- 
ployment Secretary of the U. S. Labor Bureau. When the 
U. S. Women's Employment Director arrived in Detroit she 
was privileged to have her office at the League headquarters 
until the U. S. Women's Employment Service was opened. 

Since the armistice was signed the State Committee has 
offered to render temporary assistance through the U. S. Em- 
ployment Service to women industrial workers who are in 
financial straits because of the cessaton of Government fac- 
tory work. 

As Congress failed to pass the appropriation for Federal 
Employment Bureaus, the State Committee is assisting the 
local office by being temporarily responsible for the stenog- 
rapher's salary. 

During the spring and summer of 1918 considerable in- 
terest was aroused in the work of the Women's Land Army 
and a number of applicants were enrolled. 



MOTOR CORPS 

Mrs. Howard B. Lee, Captain, April, 1917, to Sept., 1917. 
Mrs. W. K. Williams, Captain, Sept., 1917, to March, 1918. 
Mrs. H. Cleland Allison, Captain, March, 1 9 1 8, to Jan., 1919. 
Mrs. Russell G. Pearce, Captain, Jan., 1919, to 

This was one of the first departments of service to be or- 
ganized. Early in April, 1917, instruction was arranged for 
women who w^ished to learn the mechanism of their cars. Con- 
siderable emergency work was carried on from the beginning. 

In March, 1918, the Corps was reorganized on military 
lines. Mechanical instruction, military drills and definite hours 
of service were requirements of active members. There was 
an Auxiliary Corps, composed of women who did not qualify 
as members of the active Corps. 

The work of the Motor Corps has included ambulance driv- 
ing for local hospitals, motor service for the U. S. Depart- 
ment of Justice, American Protective League, U. S. Food Ad- 
ministration, U. S. Ordnance Department, U. S. Army, U. S. 
Navy, British-Canadian Recruiting Station, Draft Board In- 
vestigators, U. S. Employment Service, U. S. Signal Corps, 
War Camp Community Service, Visiting Nurses' Association, 
Red Cross and delivery of all work for the American Fund 
For French Wounded. 

A memorable day's work was the distribution of 10,000 
posters for the Patriotic Fund, previous to the campaign in 
May, 1918. 

One of the Lieutenants, Mrs. Paul Smith, drove a truck 
from Lansing, Mich., to Atlanta, Ga., a distance of 1,090 
miles, in seven and a half days. 

In October, 1918, the State and City Committees of the 
League purchased a motor truck, which was driven by mem- 
bers of the Corps. The services of the truck were offered to 
all organizations in Detroit doing patriotic work. It has not 
only been used to deliver packages, furniture, etc., but being 
equipped with adjustable seats, it has transported entertainers 
to the different camps near Detroit and is frequently used to 
give outings to convalescent soldiers. 

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MOTOR CORPS— Continued 

When the Michigan War Motor Corps was formed by Gov- 
ernor Sl^eeper in August, 1918, the Captain of the League's 
Motor Corps, in recognition of the splendid service rendered, 
was made a Colonel to serve in the Michigan War Motor Corps 
for the duration of the war. Thus the personnel of the Na- 
tional League for Woman's Service Motor Corps in Detroit 
became officially recognized members of the Michigan War 
Motor Corps, who maintained their office at the League head- 
quarters. 

During the three months previous to the signing of the 
armistice the mileage of the Motor Corps totalled over 18,000 
miles and cars were furnished 42 different oganizations. 

When the armistice was assigned the Corps automatically 
became again the National League for Woman's Service Motor 
Corps, and as such is continuing to "carry on" whenever there 
is a demand for emergency motor service. 

Considerable work is being done for the War Camp Com- 
munity Service in connection with the Information Booths, and 
many cars are provided the U. S. Government Hospital for 
convalescent soldiers. Regular service for entertainers is also 
arranged. 




OFFICERS OF MOTOR (OR PS 
From left to right: Mrs. H. C. Allison, Captain; Mrs. Russel 
G. Pearce, Mrs. Paul Smith, Mrs. Stanley Nute, 
Lieutenants 

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GENERAL SERVICE DIVISION 

Mrs. Clarence A. Lightner, Chairman. 

The purpose of this department was to supply trained vol- 
unteer workers to the different patriotic organizations and de- 
partments of Government needing them. 

Over 700 women were organized for this work, in teams 
headed by captains and lieutenants. Their services, which in- 
cluded copying, stenography, typing, interpreting, filing and 
statistical work, were given to the 26 local Draft Boards, U. 
S. Food Administration, War Savings Stamp Office, War 
Trade Board, U. S. Marshal's Office, U. S. Boys' Reserve, 
Red Cross, Women's Committee Council of National Defense, 
War Camp Community Service, U. S. Post Office, Board of 
Health and the American Protective League. 

Campaigns : 

In the second, third and fourth Liberty Loan drives booths 
were conducted in the downtown district, where over half a 
million dollars' worth of bonds were sold, even though the 
entire city had been canvassed from house to house. 

Campaigns for War Savings Stamps, Red Cross member- 
ships. Registration of Women, Patriotic Fund Subscriptions, 
ticket selling for various military and naval events were also 
engaged in with enthusiastic interest. 

Red Cross Investigation: 

From August, 1918, until the signing of the armistice, all 
investigations of Red Cross applications for overseas service 
were made by the General Service Committee, nearly three 
hundred cases having been covered. 

Registration : 

The committee had charge of the volunteer workers for the 
registration of "German Alien Females," which included the 
taking of finger-prints and the issuing of all cards to regis- 
trants. Capable handling of this work brought the request to 
take charge of all women volunteers in the registration of 
"21s" and "18 to 45s." 

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GENERAL SERVICE COMMITTEE— Continued 

War Exposition Photographs Committee: 

The League was asked by the directors of the Government 
War Exposition, v/hich was held in Detroit from February 2 1 st 
to March 3rd, 1919, to collect photographs of Detroit's men 
in uniform and exhibit them at the Exposition. Four thou- 
sand and thirty-four were collected and alphabetically placed 
in a gallery arranged for their exhibtion. Hostesses on duty 
during the day and evening had opportunities of performing 
many little kindnesses for the relatives of the men, particularly 
for those w^ho w^ere represented in the Gold Star Section. The 
photographs were carefully kept and returned to the relatives 
who loaned them. 

Information Booths: 

In July, 1918, the General Service Division of the League, 
in co-operation with the War Camp Community Service, 
opened an information booth for soldiers and sailors in the 
Michigan Central Station. Besides giving out information, the 
service rendered has included communicating with relatives 
and friends, checking baggage, mending, distribution of read- 
ing matter and countless personal attentions that mean much 
to a stranger or a man just returned from war. 

So successful was this first information booth that others 
were opened in the Union Station and in the Recruiting House 
in front of City Hall. Before Christmas a booth where ques- 
tions were answered regarding soldiers' packages, was in- 
stalled in the Post Office. For a time a booth was conducted 
in the Interurban Station when Selfridge Field was a great 
training center. 

APPRECIATION 

War work officials in Detroit have been most appreciative 
of the splcnd d service rendered by the General Service Com- 
mittee. It has placed volunteer v/ork on a plane never before 
attained locally, because by its organization discipline, train- 
ing and patriotism, the service rendered has been dependable 
and efficient. 

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WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY 

Miss Elizabeth Miller, Chairman. 

In May, 1917, registrations were taken for the first class in 
Wireless to train women for this branch of service in case the 
Govenment should need women operators. 

The classes were held four nights weekly at the League 
headquarters and later at the Michigan State Telephone School 
through the courtesy of the telephone company. 

Two courses were given. The instructors were Govern- 
ment employees and as such w^ere expert Wireless operators. 

In the fall of 1917, when the demands on the Government 
operators were so great that it was difficult to secure their ser- 
vices as instructors, the Y. M. C. A. opened their Wireless 
classes to women. This courtesy w^as much appreciated by 
the League and thereafter all applicants for Wireless instruc- 
tion were referred directly to them. 

Considerable interest was created by the League in Teleg- 
raphy and many women were referred to the Telegraph Com- 
panies when they were in need of additional operators. 

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE 

Miss Lillian F. Armstrong, Chairman. 

An important w^ar w^ork of the State Committee has been 
the clerical assistance rendered Captain Pearl, Buric.1 Officer 
of the 32nd Division. 

While in France Captain Pearl kept complete personal rec- 
ords of the effects, location of graves and identification num- 
bers of the 2,000 men he had charge of burying. This infor- 
mation he offered to the relatives of the deceased in Michigan 
through the Detroit Free Press. Hundreds of letters were 
written in response to this offer. These, together with Cap- 
tain Pearl's records, were turned over to the State Committee. 
The Committee arranged the lists alphabetically, had copies 
made of the original records, and after Governmental con- 
sent, answered five hundred letters, giving all information 
available. Each letter was personally written and no effort 
was spared to obtain absolute accuracy. In condensed form 
they were printed in the Free Press. 

This work was done in co-operation with the Bureau of 
Communications, Michigan Division, Red Cross and the Home 
Service Section, Detroit Chapter, Red Cross. 

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AVIATION DEPARTMENT 

Mrs. John F. Orndorff, Chairman. 
Mrs. W. W. Nichols, Chief Assistant. 

On January 8th, 1918, the work-room of the Aviation De- 
partment was opened to make aviators' vests from donated 
furs. A power fur sewing machine and an instructor for same 
were loaned by Mr. Newton Annis, who also contributed furs 
that were made into 150 vests by the force of the Newton 
Annis Co. 

The Dittrich Fur Co. made and donated 1 vests and vests 
were made as rapidly as possible in the Department work- 
room. Through the influence of General Richard L. Hoxie 
the vests were brought to the attention of Army and Navy 
officials in Washington. After inspection and trial they were 
accepted by the War Department, Office of the Chief Signal 
Officer, through the interest of Mrs. C. G. Edgar of the Signal 
Corps Emergency Committee, and were distributed to the dif- 
ferent training camps as directed by Colonel Edgar. The vests 
did not become individual property but were used by the 
fliers each day, and in this way were of service to a large 
number of men. 

When the armistice was signed 425 vests had been shipped 
at a valuation of approximately $15,000. 

With the closing of the training fields the work automati- 
cally ceased and a sale was held of the left-over furs, the 
proceeds of which were for foreign relief work. 

The Aviation Department work-room has been a veritable 
thrift shop from the first. The many varieties and conditions 
of furs donated w^ere carefully considered and used to best 
advantage. Cleaning, brushing, combing and mending furs 
owners had discarded as worthless made them of great value 
for aviators' vests. The work was unpleasant and difficult, 
even in cool weather, but in summer it would have been un- 
bearable to workers w^ho were not imbued with a great spirit 
of patriotism. The many letters of appreciation from officers 
and cadets using the vests in different parts of the country 
prove the value of the service rendered by this department. 

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AVIATION DEPARTMENT— Continued 

From the padding material that remained after the demand 
for vests had ceased 84 baby quilts were made. These were 
shipped overseas by the American Committee for Devastated 
France. 

The thriftiness acquired in this department is being put to 
another use. Odd shades of yarn no longer salable in the 
shops are being used for refugee children's knitted garments. 
After they are knitted each garment is dyed, care being taken 
to secure the best shade possble from the original color of 
the yarn. The styles of the garments knitted are those pre- 
ferred by the little French children. 

KID VEST DEPARTMENT 

Mrs. J. L. McDonell, Chairman. 

Vests of old kid gloves and leather have been made in 
many work-rooms, but Detroit has reason to be especially 
proud of her product, which has several features not seen 
elsewhere, that have been highly complimented by officials in 
the Army and Navy. Nearly four hundred vests have been 
made by this Department since May, 1918. A large number 
have been distributed to Selfridge Field and many have been 
issued on request. The absence of "red tape" has character- 
ized their distribution. No boy who applied and needed a 
vest has been denied. 



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SEWING DEPARTMENT 

Mrs. Oliver C. Hutchinson, Chairman, September, 1917, to 
February, 1918. 

Mrs. J. H. Spining, Chairman, February, 1918, to June, 1918. 
Mrs. A. L. Pearson, Chairman, June, 1918, to October, 1918. 

The distinctive feature of this department was its emer- 
gency work. Comfort kits and bags were the first sew^ing 
attempted. Many were supplied to the old 3 1 st Michigan 
Regiment before they left ♦'or overseas and, through the 
Emergncy Committee, over a thousand were distributed to 
other groups of men. 

In co-operation with the Drama League, who raised money 
to purchase materials, many garments were made for French 
children and distributed through the Shurly Unit overseas. 

Sewing for the Red Cross and the American Fund For 
French Wounded was regularly engaged in. 

Emergency work included the making of hundreds of 
stretcher caps for Canadian soldiers, bath robes for convales- 
cent Marines, making garments from discarded men's shirts 
and from stockings. Hundreds of patterns were given out 
and at times quantities of home sewing were arranged for. 

Mending Committee: 

As an auxiliary of the Sewing Department a committee has 
been on call for mending since the fall of 1917. Regular 
mending has been done for boys at Fort Wayne, River Rouge 
Naval Training Station and for various companies of men sta- 
tioned temporarily in and near Detroit. 

RED CROSS KNITTING COMMITTEE 

Mrs. James H. Burtenshaw, Chairman. 

Many thousand pounds of wool were given out by this Com- 
mittee and the knitted garments turned over to the Red Cross. 
The services of knitting teachers and inspectors, daily on duty 
at League headquarters, were untiring and were most impor- 
tant reasons for the success of this Department. 

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EMERGENCY DIVISION 

Mrs. Strathearn Hendrie, Chairman Special Comforts Division 
for Coast Patrol Boys. 

Mrs. James H. Burtenshaw, Emergency Chest Chairman, No- 
vember, 1917, to February, 1918. 

Mrs. H. J. Maxwell Grylls, Emergency Chest Chairman, Feb- 
ruary, 1918, to September, 1918. 

The purpose of this Division has been to provide knitted 
garments, kits, comfort bags, games, phonograph records, cig- 
arettes, etc., etc., to soldiers and sailors needing them. 

The first work was organized in May, 1917, when a special 
committee undertook to provide comforts and games to the 
men in the Coast Defense Naval Militia, who were stationed 
along the shores of Michigan. Blankets, games, candy and 
knitted garments were sent and the committee kept sufficiently 
in touch with the men to ascertain their needs. 

An Emergency Chest has been a great source of supply to 
men in uniform needing knitted garments. Thousands have 
been distributed to individuals, requests for equipping larrje 
numbers being referred to the Red Cross. 

Relatives wishing to present knitted garments to their men 
in the service have secured articles from this chest and replaced 
them later. 



Hundreds of jars of jellies and preserves have been col- 
lected for hospitals. Musical instruments, cigarettes, games, 
candies, etc., have been supplied men in quarantine at differ- 
ent times. 

Early in June, 1917, 1 60 comfort bags were distributed to 
the men on the Don Juan de Austria. Sailors on the subma- 
rine chaser "Galatea" were also supplied with well filled kits. 
This was done in co-operation with the Navy League. Hun- 
dreds of bags and kits have been given individuals who v/ould 
otherwise have been unequipped. Three thousand Christmas 
stockings were collected for soldiers in 1917. These were dis- 
tributed through the Red Cross and seven hundred through 
the Y. M. C. A. at Selfridge Field. 

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PATRIOTIC MELANGE 

Miss Alice Ladue, Chairman. 
Mrs. James T. Kennedy, Vice Chairman. 
In June the State Committee opened a shop where con- 
tributed articles were sold for a war work fund. This was not 
a "rummage sale," nor a salvage, but a place where valuable 
articles that had become "white elephants" on their owners' 
hands, were donated to be sold. The shop, which was man- 
aged entirely by volunteer w^orkers, w^as most successful as 
well as one of the most interesting departments of League 
work. 

Melting Pot: 

A huge iron pot was the receptacle for donatiaons of many 
valuable articles of jewelry. Solid gold and silver were the 
only metals collected. Some were melted into bullion, while 
many articles were sold at a Christmas jewelry sale, Decem- 
ber, 1918, by which a special fund was derived for soldiers' 
and sailors' recreation. 

This activity started several months previous to the Mel- 
ange, was later carried on by the Patriotic Melange Commit- 
tee. 







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"MELTING POT" 
Miss Alice Ladue, Chairman ; Mr. A. W. Mordrach, 
Tester ot Metals and Jewels 



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MAGAZINE COMMITTEE 

Mrs. E. O. Mullane, Chairman. 

During 1918, at the request of the Y. M. C. A. Secretary 
at Selfridge Field, a Magazine Committee was organized by 
the League to secure late magazines and send them, fifteen at 
a time, to the boys at Selfridge. No magazine older than two 
weeks was accepted. Text books, especially on mathematics, 
were also asked for and a large number was collected and 
shipped. 

The services of this Committee w^ere also appreciated at the 
railway stations, where quantities of magazines and books were 
distributed through the Information Booths, to men in uni- 
form. 

This work was carried on in co-operation with the American 
Library Association. 

PUBLICITY AND PROPAGANDA DIVISION 

The State Committee has at intervals arranged for a num- 
ber of public patriotic meetings, when prominent speakers 
have addressed large audiences on the w^ar and war work. 

For a time informal noonday meetings, with one or more 
speakers, were held regularly. 

The speakers engaged have been the League's national 
officers, English, Canadian and American Army and Navy 
officials, Mrs. Basil Clark and experts in the different branches 
of war work in which the League has specialized. 

News letters have been sent out to 1 60 newspapers in Mich- 
igan whenever there has been new work or special propaganda 
to place before the public. 

POSTER COMMITTEE 

Miss Katherine Gridley, Chairman. 

Much effective work in aiding the publicity of the League 
was accomplished by the Poster Committee. The members 
were local artists who used their talents and ingenuity in pro- 
viding posters that would attract the public to the various de- 
partments of war work undertaken by the League. A note- 
worthy display of their work was the Poster exhibit of League 
activities shown at the Michigan State Fair in 1918. 

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SCRAP BOOK COMMITTEE 

Mrs. Arthur Buzby, Chairman, August to December, 1918. 
Miss Helen Gregory, Chairman, January, 1919, to 

In August, 1918, a committee was formed to make scrap 
books for soldiers and sailors in co-operation with the Amer- 
ican Library Association. 

No effort has been spared to make the books attractive and 
interesting and several hundred have been completed. Much 
of the work has been done by the younger members of the 
League, who have made it a popular activity. 

The Scrap Book Committee had a Knitting Bag Division 
which was responsible for many of the attractive paper knit- 
ting bags carried on Detroit streets. 

WAR LIBRARY WORK 

Miss Margaret E. Mears, Chairman. 

Since the signing of the armistice the War Library Depart- 
ment of the State Committee has made samples of light weight 
forms of reading and art material for convalescents, which 
have been sent to many parts of the state. 

TTie charts, which are 11 by 14 inches, are made of card- 
board bound with passe partout in a color that denotes the 
subject matter used: red for fiction, brown for outdoor sports, 
etc., so that hospital attendants may easily consider the indi- 
vidual tastes of their patients. 

These charts are being made in large numbers under the 
direction of this committee in several localities. 

FLOWER SALVAGE 

Mrs. E. Leroy Pelletier, Chairman. 

Mrs. M. B. Walburn, Chairman. 
The Flower Shop was a department planned to utilize the 
surplus garden flowers grown by private individuals. These 
were sold for the benefit of war orphans. 

TRENCH CANDLES 

When the call came for trench candles the League opened 
a work room, where many thousand candles were made. 

After the shipping regulations restricted their being sent 
overseas this activity ceased. 

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CENSORSHIP COMMITTEE 
At the request of local theater managers, the State and De- 
troit officers have censored new patriotic plays before they 
have been offered to the public in Detroit, 

UNIFORMS, PINS, BRASSARDS 

Many of the League officers and workers have worn the 
League uniform since the fall of 1917. The uniform consists 
of either a one-piece blue serge dress or a plain tailored coat 
suit of dark blue. The distinctive features are the League 
buttons, which bear the organization's seal, insignia and the 
large military pockets. During the summer of 1918a specially 
designed model of dark blue crepe de chene was worn. 

The Motor Corps uniform is of khaki and includes puttees 
and Sam Brown belts. 

The Canteen uniform is yellow, with white apron and cap 
and brown League hat band. 

After fifty hours of volunteer service League members are 
privileged to wear the service pin. One hundred hours en- 
titles the worker to the brassard, on which are added gold 
stars if the members so desire, one for every thousand hours, 
until six are secured, which represents the maximum honor. 

Gray silk embroidered service stripes are issued from the 
national headquarters, one for every six months of service. 

PARADES 

The League has participated in all the patriotic parades that 
have been held since the United States entered the war. Floats 
have been planned and uniformed groups have marched. 

MEN'S EMERGENCY CORPS 

A special committee of Detroit men who are interested in 
the work of The National League for Woman's Service and 
who may be called upon for advice and assistance in times of 
unusual stress, compose the Men's Emergency Corps. 

DISTRIBUTION DEPARTMENT 

Quantities of Government bulletins. Food Administration 
literature, knitting directions, patterns for refugee garments, 
recipes. Red Cross news letters, etc., etc., have been distrib- 
uted to the thousands of people who have visited the League 
headquarters. 

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RECRUITING MEN COOKS 

One of the early activities of the League throughout the 
state was the recruiting of men cooks for the Army and Navy. 

Through news letters to papers in the state and in the dis- 
tribution of hundreds of posters many men applied, and were 
accepted by the different recruiting officers in Detroit. 



DISCHARGED MEN'S CIVILIAN CLOTHES COMMITTEE 

Mrs. John Wright, Chairman. 

The work of this committee has been a great boon to the 
discharged soldier anxious to return to civilian life. 

A collection is made of men's clothes, which, after thorough 
fumigation, cleaning and pressing, are sold for the price of 
their reclamation, averaging three dollars for a suit in first 
class condition. 

ARMY OFFICIALS USE LEAGUE HEADQUARTERS 

The Detroit branch of the League has frequently been used 
by Army officers as headquarters for emergency work. 

Captain Hunt, S. A. T. C, University of Detroit, was re- 
cently given a desk in the office to finish up his company's 
discharge papers, covering a period of several weeks. Sim- 
ilar courtesies have been extended at other times. 

DAILY CHAIRMEN AT LEAGUE HEADQUARTERS 

Mrs. Charles A. Coolidge, Chairman. 

A committee of daily hostesses, whose duties included meet- 
ing the many people who came to the League for war work 
information and referring them to the proper department as 
well as solving countless emergency problems, rendered faith- 
ful service during the congested period when the League 
office was the center for many divisions of w^ork. As daily 
Chairmen they provided assistants for the telephone, clerical 
helpers for emergency work that was ever needed and workers 
in the Knitting Department. 

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CO-OPERATION WITH ORGANIZATIONS 

Miss Claire Sanders, Chairman. 

A plan in the national organization program of The Na- 
tional League for Woman's Service was that any woman's 
organization could affiliate with the League by forming de- 
tachments of service. 

In Detroit thirty-five women's organizations pledged formal 
co-operation and through them much valuable work has been 
accomplished. 

In co-operation with the Colonial Dames in Michigan, the 
state and city committees of the League presented a hand- 
somely embroidered guidon to the 607th Aero Squadron, who 
were stationed for several months at Fort Wayne. 

Overseas shipment of thousands of comforts, including hos- 
pital and comfort bags, refugee garments, knitted afghans, 
sweaters, socks, etc., made by the League, was arranged by 
the Business Women's Club. 

Through benefit performances undertaken by the Drama 
League at the Adams Theater nearly five hundred dollars' 
w^orth of materials for refugee garments was turned over to 
the League's Sewing Department. 

At St. Paul's Cathedral detachments of the League were 
formed to render emergency assistance for clerical work, mo- 
tor service, canteen and social welfare activities. 

During the summer of 1917 the Navy League, who were 
collecting garments for sailors on the battleship Michigan 
were privileged to share the League headquarters. 

GOVERNMENT CO-OPERATION 

Government departments have also extended their co-op- 
eration. The local Food Administration at different times 
turned over to the League money imposed as fines, also con- 
fiscated flour and sugar, the latter for Canteen use. 

Fines from Judge Heston's Court, amounting to $800.00, 
were contributed to the work of the General Service Com- 
mittee in recognition of the splendid services rendered in the 
Municipal Building. 

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CO-OPERATIVE ORGANIZATIONS— Contnued 

The State Committee has co-operated extensively with the 
American Committee for Devastated France, American Fund 
for French Wounded, Women's Land Army, Young Women's 
Christian Association, Emergency Committee of the Signal 
Corps, American Library Association, American Girls' Aid, 
Stage Women's War Relief, the American Committee for 
Allies' Relief, National Aeronautic Committee and Fatherless 
Children of France. 

RED CROSS 

A close co-operation with the Detroit and State Chapters 
of the Red Cross was effected on a practical working basis. 

Red Cross yarn and sewing were given out and several 
thousand garments have been made. 

WAR CAMP COMMUNITY SERVICE 

A plan of co-operation between the League and the War 
Camp Community Service in Detroit was formulated before 
the latter organization opened local headquarters. There is 
also a strong national co-operation. 

In Detroit the League supplies the personnel for the Infor- 
mation booths, Army and Navy Club and Canteen of the 
War Camp Community Service. Entertainments for men in 
uniform have also been arranged with the League's co-opera- 
tion. 

PARTICIPATION IN NATIONAL CONVENTIONS 

The State Committee of the League has been represented 
at large national conventions, where the policies and plans of 
The National League for Woman's Service have been con- 
cerned, such as The National Security League's Convention in 
Chicago, convention of State Chairmen of the League in Kan- 
sas City, annual meetings and conferences in New York City. 

League delegates were also in attendance to present League 
work at the war conferences of the Michigan War Prepared- 
ness Board held during 1918 at Escanaba, Traverse City, 
Grand Rapids, Bay City and Ann Arbor. 

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CO-OPERATION OF DETROIT CONCERNS 



The League officers feel that the co-operation of Detroit's 
business and industrial concerns has been of inestimable value. 

Contributions, discounts on purchases, loans of machinery, 
furniture and various articles needed for a short time, have 
made possible many successful undertakings. 

The League solicited their interest in war work and is grate- 
ful for the co-operation received. 



GRACE COTTAGE CENTER 

At Grace Cottage Vacation Camp for girls, located on 
Lake Orion about thirty-five miles from Detroit, a small cot- 
tage was arranged by the League as a war work center during 
the summer of 1918. 

Numerous activities were engaged in. The girls were much 
interested in the "Chickenizing France" movement, started 
by the American Committee for Devastated France and under 
the State Committee of the League did much effective work 
in aiding this project. 

LEAGUE'S SUCCESS DUE TO MANY WORKERS 

The League's call for service has been heard by over three 
thousand women in Detroit. Their achievements have been 
tremendous, because they have been imbued with the spirit 
of patriotism. 

Only names of Chairmen of Divisions and Committees have 
been printed in the foregoing, although hundreds of workers 
have been responsible for the success attained. A small num- 
ber of names cannot be selected for print because so many 
are involved and the entire list of workers is too long to per- 
mit its being published at this time. 



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DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 
COMMITTEES 

Under the direction of Mrs. William H. Wait, State Regent 
of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Michigan, a 
state-wide plan of League organization was formulated where- 
by D. A. R. Chapters in 47 different cities could organize 
detachments of the League. 

These committees have been especially active in Marshall, 
Ann Arbor, Petoskey, Grand Rapids, Lapeer, St. Clair, Owos- 
so, Jackson, Ionia and Hastings. 

Among their activities may be mentioned the work in the 
following cities: 
Marshall : 

The Committee for League work was organized early in 
1918. 

The following articles were made: 20 fur and leather avi- 
ators' vests, 5 large boxfuls of refugee garments, stretcher 
caps, knitted sweaters, helmets, socks and nmittens, crocheted 
shawls for refugee w^omen. 

In July, 1918, an appeal was answered from the Convales- 
cent Hospital at Camp Custer for 1 3 counterpanes, 1 3 pairs 
of bed socks, 1 3 comfort bags, 1 5 comfort pillows, and four 
large khaki covered pillows. 

One day monthly the Committee as a unit has devoted to 
Red Cross sewing. 

The work of the Committee in co-operation with the War 
Camp Community Service has met with much interest and 
success. 

A weekly mending day was instituted at Camp Custer when 
four members of the Committee w^ere on duty. 

Entertainments for soldiers have been planned regularly 
and a number of w^eek-end parties has been arranged. 
Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner parties and dances were 
memorable occasions to the many Custer boys in attendance. 
Other forms of hospitality for individual soldiers have been 
regular occurrences. 
Ann Arbor : 

Aviators' vests have been the chief activity of the Commit- 
tee in Ann Arbor, 47 having been made locally, and much 
interest awakened in them elsewhere by the distribution of 
patterns to many different cities. 

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Ann Arbor, Continued 

The State Regents of Virginia, Florida, Ohio, Nebraska, 
Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Oregon, Idaho, Iowa, Illinois, Indi- 
ana and Massachusetts were among those who received these 
carefully drafted patterns, from which many additional vests 
have been made for local distribution. 
Petcskey : 

During the summer of 1918 the Committee's workroom 
was used by women from 1 3 different states who were sum- 
mering in Petoskey. 

Aviators* vests were made. 

Since the armistice was signed considerable interest has 
been awakened in the Library charts for convalescent soldiers. 

Jackson 

Three departments of service have been active in Jackson. 

The Social and Welfare Committee has rendered impor- 
tant assistance to the War Camp Community Service in its local 
organization. 

The Motor Corps, which was organized in April, 1918, 
transported quantities of supplies to city and county work- 
rooms and later formed the Red Cross Motor Corps, reserv- 
ing a part of their organization for emergency calls from the 
State Chairman. 

Home and Overseas Relief Division has made hundreds 
of comfort kits, knitted articles, refugee garments and avi- 
ators' vests, using both fur and kid for the latter. 

Jackson High School Auxiliary, which has a state-wide rep- 
utation because of the splendid work accomplished, has been 
closely affiliated with the League's local organization. 
Owosso : 

The Committee in Owosso has been especially active in the 
work with the American Committee for Devastated France. 
They have had a local campaign for "Chickenizing France." 
A French war orphan was adopted and sheets and pillow cases 
for France have been made in the work-room. 

Quantities of jellies and preserves have been collected for 
Camp Custer. 

One of the most important pieces of work was the record 
that this Committee made of the soldiers in the war for a 
local history, entitled "Home Ties." 

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The Committees of the League in Lansing, Grand Rapids, 
Albion, Hastings, Coldwater and St. Clair have centered their 
interests in making aviators' vests of both fur and kid. Those 
who did not sew made collections and sent quantities of old 
gloves, leather and fur, to the state headquarters, where they 
were most acceptable for the vests made in Detroit. 

Muskegon : 

As in a number of other Michigan cities, the League was 
the first organization for women's war work in Muskegon, 
where over 500 women enrolled. 

Five classes of Nursing and two of Motor Instruction were 
successfully completed. 

Mt. Clemens: 

In June, 1917, interest was awakened in League work at 
Mt. Clemens. Kits and comfort bags were made according 
to patterns issued by the League and also a quantity of knitted 
garments. 

During the summer of 1918 making aviators' vests was the 
chief activity and much assistance was rendered by members 
from Mt. Clemens in the State Committee work-room in De- 
troit. 

STATE BUREAU OF INFORMATION 

The State Committee of the League, since its organization 
in March, 1917, has been a center for information where peo- 
ple from all parts of the state have written in for suggestions 
and information concerning war work. 

In response to requests thousands of directions for knitting, 
crocheting, making comfort bags, kits, stretcher caps, refugee 
garments, etc., etc., have been mailed. 

Hundreds of questions concerning employment. Civil Ser- 
vice and other Governmental Departments have been an- 
swered. 

Individuals as well as organizations, including the Red Cross, 
groups of church and school people have made use of this ser- 
vice, which the State Committee has been glad to provide. 

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BOYS* AND GIRLS* CLUBS IN MICHIGAN 

Miss Anna B. Cowles, State Club Leader for Girls. 



The State Committee has directed much of the war work 
carried on by the Boys' and Girls' Clubs, organized by the 
Michigan Agricultural College throughout the state. 

In addition to the wooden knitting needles and sock stretch- 
ers made by the boys, the following is a report of the v/ork 
accomplished: Dresses, 96; jackets, 255; bonnets, 629; boot- 
ies, 256; trench caps, 325; house-wives, 998; hospital bags, 
11 62; comfort bags, 490; wash cloths, 59; joke books, 267; 
trench candles, 1,950; Christmas stockings, 154. Total, 
6,641. 

Many of these articles have been distributed by the League 
for overseas shipment and some have been of service in this 
country. Hundreds of pocket housewives, made by the rural 
school children of Michigan, have been given soldiers located 
in many different states. An entire company in Georgia was 
supplied with them before they left for overseas. 

At present these children are busily engaged in making 
refugee garments, Library charts for convalescent soldiers and 
sewing carpet rags to be made into rugs for the rebuilt cot- 
tages in devastated France. 

Detroit school boys rendered a splendid service in keeping 
the League supplied with wooden sock stretchers. They were 
donated to the League and sold for 35 cents a pair, the pro- 
ceeds being used for League work. 

The co-operation with the Boys' and Girls' Clubs has been 
so successful in Michigan that inquiries have come from clubs 
in several other states asking that the same co-operation be 
extended them. 



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MICHIGAN STATE COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL 
LEAGUE FOR WOMAN'S SERVICE 



Miss Helen E. Keep, Chairman, March, 1917, to 



Mrs. Walter R. Parker, Vice Chairman, March, 1917, to Aug- 
ust. 1917. 

Mrs. Arthur Maxwell Parker, Vice Chairman, September, 
1917, to ' 

Mrs. Garvin Denby, Treasurer, March, 1917, to March. 1919. 

Mrs. Edward W. Pendleton, Treasurer, March, 1919 to 

Mrs. Arthur Maxwell Parker, Secretary, March, 1917, to Sep- 
tember. 1917. 



Miss Eleanor Candler, Secretary. October, 1917, to 



Mrs. R. C. Sherrill, Executive Secretary, March, 1917, to 



Mrs. John N. Bagley Mrs. Truman H. Newberry 

Mrs. Harry C. Bulkley Mrs. Walter R. Parker 

Mrs. George L. Canfield Mrs. Edward W. Pendleton 

Mrs. A. W. Copland Mrs. James H. Campbell, 

Mrs. Andrew H. Green Grand Rapids 

Mrs. Perry C. Hill Mrs. Francis King, Alma 

Mrs. R. B. Jackson Mrs. W. B. Williams, Lapeer 
Mrs. Henry Bourne Joy 

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OFFICERS OF DETROIT COMMITTEE OF THE 

NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR WOMAN'S 

SERVICE 

Mrs. Charles Denby, Chairman, March, 1917, to December 
1917. 

Mrs. Edward W. Stoddard, Chairman, December, 1917, to 
September, 1918. 

Mrs. R. B. Jackson, Chairman, September, 1918, to 

Mrs. Charles A. Coolidge, First Vice Chairman, March, 1917, 
to September, 1917. 

Mrs. James H. Burtenshaw, First Vice Chairman, December, 
1917,to June, 1918. 

Mrs. Edward W. Stoddard, First Vice Chairman, September, 
1918, to — 

Mrs. Andrew H. Green, Jr., Second Vice Chairman, April, 
1917, to September. 1917. 

Mrs. Charles F. Hammond, Second Vice Chairman, Novem- 
ber, 1917, to August, 1918. 

Mrs. Francis C. McMath, Second Vice Chairman, Septem- 
ber, 1918, to > 

Miss Mary E. Turner, Third Vice Chairman, March, 1917, to 



Mrs. Clarence A. Lightner, Fourth Vice Chairman, Decem- 
ber, 1917, to • 

Mrs. Harriet N. Atterbury, Treasurer, March, 1917, to March. 
1918. 

Mrs. Charles W. Baird, Treasurer, March, 1 9 1 8, to 



Mrs. Edward H. Parker, Secretary, March, 1917, to 

Mrs. Richard H. Cudmore, Corresponding Secretary, March, 

1918, to February, 1919. 

Mrs. George P. Palmer, Corresponding Secretary, February, 

1919, to 

Executive Secretaries: Mrs. R. C. Sherrill 

Mrs. W. Ross Pulkinghorn 

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DETROIT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE- (Organized in 

March, 1917.) 

Mrs. Frederick M. Alger Mrs. John S. Newberry 

Mrs. John B. Dyar Mrs. Lewis H. Paddock 

Mrs. John B. Ford Mrs. James T. Shaw 

Mrs. William Lyster Mrs. E. D. Trowbridge 

Mrs. J. A. MacMillan Mrs. E. C. Wetmore 

Mrs. W. Howie Muir 

CHAIRMEN OF THE D. A. R. COMMITTEES OF THE 

NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR WOMAN^S SERVICE 

IN MICHIGAN 

Mrs. William H. Wait, State Regent of D. A. R. in Michigan. 

Chapters Location 

Mrs. Walter H. Rogers Hannah Tracy Grant, Albion 

Mrs. Clement W. Gill Sarah Caswell Angell, Ann Arbor 

Mrs. J. W. Finney Louisa St. Clair, Detroit 

Mrs. A. D. Leavenworth 

Sophie de Marsac Campau, Grand Rapids 

Miss Carolyn Andrus Emily Virginia Mason, Hastings 

Miss Ella Hutchins Stevens Thomson Mason, Ionia 

Miss Martha Bancker Sarah Treat Prudden, Jackson 

Mrs. Lucy White Williams Nipissing, Lapeer 

Mrs. Florence W. Gorham Mary Marshall, Marshall 

Mrs. Ida Norris Hume Shiawassee, Owosso 

Mrs. D. W. Oakes Ot-si-ke-ta, St. Clair 

Mrs. M. H. Reusch Pe-to-se-ga, Petoskey 



*The officers of both the State and Detroit Committees whose names ai;e given 
on preceding page are also members of the Detroit Executive Committee. 

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Treasurer's Report 

STATE COMMITTEE 

STATE COMMITTEE, NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR 
WOMAN'S SERVICE 

From April 1st, 1917 
To " " 1919 



RECEIPTS 

First contributors for organizing State Committee work: 

Mr. Harry C. Bulkley _ $ 50.00 

Mr. Stanford T. Crapo 50.00 

Mr. Garvin Denby 50.00 

Dr. Walter R. Parker 50.00 

Contributions from various persons 962.50 

Receipts from "Patriotic Melange" 5,400.75 

"Melting Pot" and Jewelry Sales * 829.18 

" "Fur Salvage" 347.39 

"Flower Committee" for War Orphans 105.21 

Total $7,845.03 



*Recreation fund for soldiers and sailors. 



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Disbursements 



Organizing State and Detroit Committee office *....$ 121.70 

Contributions to Detroit Committee 21 0.00 

Dues to Women's Committee Council of National Defense. . . I 1. 00 
Publicity (booth at State Fair, parades, speakers, public meet- 
ings, etc.) 487.47 

Office expenses (supplies, telegrams, telephones, repairs, etc.) 392.92 

Salaries (Secretary, stenographer, janitor) 384.53 

Postage 25 7.47 

Industrial Secretary (U. S. Labor Bureau) 1 0.00 

U. S. Employment Service 75.00 

Conventions and traveling expenses 394.48 

Severing materials sent to Michigan Agricultural College and 

Jackson, Mich 85.30 

Expenses for "Patriotic Melange" 523.66 

Aviation (fur) Department 33 1 .3 5 

** Kid Vest Department 1 95.56 

Sev^ing Room 1 4.30 

Donation to National Fund of National League for Woman's 

Service 500.00 

Donation to American Committee for Devastated France for 

French Poultry Fund 7.80 

League truck (one-half paid by Detroit Committee) 600.00 

Seats for truck *64.00 

Insurance for truck ' 04.00 

Expenses of truck (one-half paid by Detroit Committee) .... 143.21 

" Michigan War Motor Corps 34.24 

Material for French baby quilts 30.37 

Fatherless Children of France (support of 3 w^ar orphans for 

year) 109.50 

Auditor for State Committee report 5.00 



Total $5,092.86 

April 1st — Cash on hand 2,752.17 

$7,845.03 
MRS. EDWARD W. PENDLETON, 

Treasurer. 
*Paid from Recreation Fund for Soldiers and Sailors. 

Note. Plans are being made to use the balance no hand of the 

Recreation Fund ($765.18) to assist in establishing social clubs for war 
veterans in different parts of the State. 

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